Stop stringing your guitars like this! #guitar #guitaradvice #guitartech

[grateful]

The one fret tip is amazing!!! That one piece of info is well worth the 6 hours I spent on YouTube today

[dallasgeralds]

I was worried he was going to criticize how I restring, but thankfully he recommends exactly what I do. 😂😂

[mskcrc]

One thing to note: don't wind your lower strings while engaged in the nut until the very end! You want that nut the width it is. Don't make it wider by grinding it down with the string.

[mattvillarrubia]

I bought my last guitar from this guy and had him set up two others. Super cool dude and my guitars play so much better now. Shout out to Ben at Big House

[Napalmdog]

I restring my guitars myself, so he’ll never have to worry about facing my knots!

[AnujPoudel]

This was the exact channel from where I learnt the knot thing and now this is the exact channel that is making me unlearn it. 💀💀

[scottcallaghan]

strung a few strings in my time, always struggled to get the perfect amount of slack on the string before I start winding it. That trick of pulling it to the first fret is genius.

[feezer]

I've been restringing my guitars for 20+ years. This tiny tip is what I've needed all this time...

"Pull it tight, bring it back one fret, bend it off."

For 20 years, I haven't found a better way to judge the excess string needed for the post winds than to just measure it against my old strings and do my best to compensate for the stretch.

This is one of those tips where you think you should feel silly for not thinking of it but you're just so damn happy to have a good solution that any embarrassment is vaporized.

Thank you so fucking much.

[TheOnlyDanielLewis]

I usually just go out and get a brand new guitar every time an old one needs new strings

[LuminaryCursorem]

I do one wrap above then the rest below. Its better way to keep the strings in tune because when you transition to the wraps below it locks it in with mechanical force of the string pressure.

[martianmurray]

And this is why I like locking tuners. Just yank, tighten, turn, and you’re done.

[gregdenson]

I do one over and the rest under. No knot.
The pinch keeps it from slipping.

[Skoora]

Been just doing a simple bend on the string for decades and it works fine. I would never bother with a complicated “knot”.

[TheOfficialAftershock]

As someone who sells guitars, and restrings/fixes them from time to time. I can say 100% that I absolutely agree with everything this man said.

[ZacCostilla]

What he says not to do was actually in the Martin manual when I got my Custom Shop.

[Dan.Solo.Chicago]

I do the pinch method. One over and the rest under. If it’s a 3x3 headstock, for the G string I do the opposite. One under and the rest over, so the wraps wind going up the tuning peg. That’s to prevent the Gibson G string tuning issue. That way it doesn’t have such a steep break angle, and the G will stay in tune.

[saucyjk]

When I was gigging 5 nights a week our tech used to do the knot, I didn’t like it if I broke a string practicing at home. I’ve always strung like this guy.

[MECHcify]

I do mine exactly the same! Cleanes up super nice after cutting the ends end too.

[pandytbox]

Do not push the string down against the head of the guitar while winding unless you do not mind friction damage from the string on the head.

[jasonconcept]

This is how you string guitars when you have 700 guitars to string.